We won the 40 hour work week. It wasn't given to us. It was hard fought, and people died for our right to have a work/life balance.

You need to read up on your history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair

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win311fwg 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Your calculator must be broken? As your own link tells, the Haymarket Affair ushered in the 8 hour workday, not 40 hours per week. 8 * 6 (sometimes 7) = 48 (sometimes 56).

The 40 hour work week came in 1938. This is even echoed in the original link, as mentioned earlier.

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viklove 14 hours ago | parent [-]

40 hour work week isn't possible without the 8 hour workday, which was won by workers through blood.

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win311fwg 14 hours ago | parent [-]

Not sure why you insist on continuing to use that broken calculator. Four 10 hour days, for example, also allows a 40 hour work week. A 40 hour work week is in no way dependent on an 8 hour workday.

But it remains that 6 days per week was the norm prior to 1938, so 48 hours would be typical. We're talking about 40 hour weeks being typical. Stay on topic, my man. The 40 hour work week was not won, unless you think the Great Depression was caused by a labor uprising?

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jaklwef9awefioj 14 hours ago | parent [-]

You're missing the forest for the trees.

	▲	win311fwg 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Then the forest mustn't be relevant. The only reason we're here is because an earlier commenter doesn't understand basic math. If they did, they'd have realized that the discussion was talking about something else entirely.